The more I experience Open Space, the more enthusiastic I become. So I enjoyed Andrew Rixon’s post, showing the social network before and after an Open Space meeting.
Before:
After:
One of my mantras is relationships before ideas. Many conference formats overemphasise the top-down delivery of content at the expense of connectedness. Open Space seems to allow the content and relationships to evolve together.
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not getting stuck at the centre of attention
finding a more human way of connecting in the networks we belong to
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
What’s going on when we use language?
There’s more potential in each moment than we realise
there’s more to meeting fear than our thoughts
getting out of the rut in familiar relationships
learning from experience, not theory
noticing the effect our stories have on us as tellers
Being careful where we invest our imagination
Thanks to Rich for pointing to the entertaining Shhh! Enough said. (Of course it’s ironic me pointing to this on a day I’m spewing out entries like a mad thing)
Yesterday I said this on twitter: now suffering reading fatigue. i think this may be a chronic rather than acute illness It’s the sort of half-idea I often tweet out.
My friend Olaf Brugman has invited me to take part in a workshop in Brussels on October 29th. It looks set to be an interesting gathering of Knowledge Managment gurus
I help teams work together better. My work ranges from leadership development to team building and event facilitation
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